Bookmarks Database and Internet Robot

WHAT IS IT
   There is a set of classes, libraries, programs and plugins I use to
manipulate my bookmarks.html. I like Netscape Navigator, but I need more
features, so I write and maintain these programs for my needs. I need to
extend Navigator's "What's new" feature (Navigator 4 calls it "Update
bookmarks").


WHAT'S NEW in version 3.4.0 (2004-07-27)
   Updated to m_lib version 1.2. Extended support for Mozilla;
keywords in bookmarks.


WHAT'S NEW in version 3.3.2
   parse_html.py can now recode unicode entities in titles.


WHAT'S NEW in version 3.3.0
   Required Python 2.2.
   HTML parser. If the protocol is HTTP, and there is Content-Type header, and
content type is text/html, the object is parsed to extract its title; if the
Content-Type header has charset, or if the HTML has <META> with charset, the
title is converted from the given charset to the default charset. The object is
also parsed to extract <META> tag with redirect.


WHAT'S NEW in version 3.0
   Complete rewrite from scratch. Created mechanism for pluggable storage
managers, writers (DB dumpers/exporters) and robots.


WHERE TO GET
   Master site:    http://phd.pp.ru/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db

   Faster mirrors: http://phd.by.ru/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db
                http://phd2.chat.ru/Software/Python/#bookmarks_db


AUTHOR
   Oleg Broytmann <phd@phd.pp.ru>

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (C) 1997-2002 PhiloSoft Design

LICENSE
   GPL

STATUS
   Storage managers: pickle, FLAD (Flat ASCII Database).
   Writers: HTML, text, FLAD (full database or only errors).
   Robots (URL checker): simple, simple+timeoutscoket, forking.

TODO
   Parse downloaded file and get some additional information out of headers
   and parsed data - title, for example. Or redirects using <META HTTP-Equiv>.
   (Partially done - now extracting title).

   Documentation.

   Merge "writers" to storage managers.
   New storage managers: shelve, SQL, ZODB, MetaKit.
   Robots (URL checkers): threading, asyncore-based.
   Aliases in bookmarks.html.

   Configuration file for configuring defaults - global defaults for the system
   and local defaults for subsystems.

   Ruleset-based mechanisms to filter out what types of URLs to check: checking
   based on URL schema, host, port, path, filename, extension, etc.

   Detailed reports on robot run - what's old, what's new, what was moved,
   errors, etc.
   WWW-interface to the report.

   Bigger database. Multiuser database. Robot should operate on a part of
   the DB.
   WWW-interface to the database. User will import/export/edit bookmarks,
   schedule robot run, etc.